[Wikimediauk-l] East Midlands Wikimedians?

2014-09-01 Thread Andrew Turvey
Are there any wikimedians in the East Midlands on this list or that you know who may be interested in helping with a meeting with one of our MEPs on copyright reform? I am working with Dimi who is based in Brussels and Stevie at WMUK and we are trying to contact all relevant MEPs to brief them on t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Draft EGM resolutions

2013-03-06 Thread Andrew Turvey
ions as drafted by our lawyers: they > have not yet been reviewed by the Board - obviously it remains important > that we draft things in public where we can! > > Chris > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.o

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Greyham Dawes co-opted to the Board of Wikimedia UK

2013-02-20 Thread Andrew Turvey
media UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. > > Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk > > _

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Call for Tellers

2013-02-15 Thread Andrew Turvey
EGM? Is this still planned given the governance recommendations? On Feb 15, 2013 12:23 PM, "Richard Symonds" < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > All, > > At present, myself and LondonStatto are likely to be tellers for the AGM > (and the planned EGM). However, I'm hoping that there will b

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF withdraws support from WCA

2013-02-06 Thread Andrew Turvey
M, "Thomas Dalton" wrote: > On 6 February 2013 21:07, Andrew Turvey > wrote: > > I see the Foundation has withdrawn their support for the Wikimedia > Chapters > > Association, the cross-chapters partnership that WMUK backed. > > To be honest, it never really o

[Wikimediauk-l] WMF withdraws support from WCA

2013-02-06 Thread Andrew Turvey
I see the Foundation has withdrawn their support for the Wikimedia Chapters Association, the cross-chapters partnership that WMUK backed. Their statement included some significant criticisms about the way the WCA has been implemented, something that individual Foundation board members expanded on i

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Verifying membership applications - Suggestions and comments

2012-11-28 Thread Andrew Turvey
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Katherine Bavage < katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > ... > The concern arose from the fact that under the current system, fraudulent > membership is possible - there are no effective safeguards. > I think the concern is not one or two fake memberships b

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Latest WMUK blog post - message from our Board

2012-10-13 Thread Andrew Turvey
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Tom Holden wrote: > Is there a role for an advisory board? It was discussed a while back. > Perhaps some of the long serving former board members could be invited to > be on it (Andrew T., Joe S., Tom D.)? > > A little bit of an external check of "are we doing some

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Latest WMUK blog post - message from our Board

2012-10-13 Thread Andrew Turvey
> > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > ___ &g

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Independent review: timetable

2012-10-11 Thread Andrew Turvey
when it > goes to wmf and reviewer it has our suggestions for consideration > > Joe > On Oct 11, 2012 8:26 PM, "Andrew Turvey" > wrote: > >> As with many other members I've been quite concerned with recent >> developments so I dialled into this public b

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Independent review: timetable

2012-10-11 Thread Andrew Turvey
onatreesdavies > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Annual accounts

2012-10-06 Thread Andrew Turvey
o the revised AoA not being filed. > > Thanks, > Mike > > On 6 Oct 2012, at 11:17, Andrew Turvey > wrote: > > For completeness, can I also mention that you don't appear to have filed > the form AP01 with Companies House regarding the appointment of Saad [1] > nor

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Annual accounts

2012-10-06 Thread Andrew Turvey
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/09/wikimedia-uk-appoints-saad-choudri-to-its-board/ Regards, On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Andrew Turvey wrote: > Looking at Companies House, I notice that the annual accounts have yet > been filed and are due at the end of the month. This caused considerab

[Wikimediauk-l] Annual accounts

2012-10-06 Thread Andrew Turvey
attention of the Foundation immediately. Regards, -- Andrew Turvey -- 07403 216 991 @AndrewTurvey <https://twitter.com/#!/AndrewTurvey> http://www.facebook.com/andrew.turvey http://en.wikipedia.org/User:AndrewRT http://englishwikipedian.blogspot

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Social enterprise

2012-10-03 Thread Andrew Turvey
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:53 AM, wrote: > > Essentially this would require the Board making a decision that it was > interested in looking into the idea and setting up a steering committee to > take the matter forward. This could be done with a limited amount of > officer time. > The board would

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Daily Telegraph error

2012-10-03 Thread Andrew Turvey
cle) > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-10-02 Thread Andrew Turvey
If we pencil in 9-10 Feb for the EGM then we have until, say, the end of November to discuss and agree on the proposal. I do think we need to have a reasoned argument set out in favour of the change before we call the EGM itself - after all a constitution is not something that we should tinker with

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] social enterprise

2012-10-01 Thread Andrew Turvey
> I am proposing this as a way of moving on in a way which keeps people like > Roger with their brilliant ideas involved but not as trustees. > > all the best > > Fabian > (User:Leutha) > > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailin

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-09-30 Thread Andrew Turvey
people regardless of their stance on certain controversies then you > desperately need a system such as STV. If in a divided organisation a > narrow majority gets a clean sweep in the elections for the committee it is > very difficult if not impossible for the resulting committee to reunite

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-09-29 Thread Andrew Turvey
;>> >>>>> Personally I would quite like some progress, and think we ought to use >>>>> STV - it would be great if people could get drafting resolutions. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Chris >>>

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Joint statement with the Foundation

2012-09-29 Thread Andrew Turvey
pparently chose the wrong words. What I meant to convey > was "unusual" and unusual enough to warrant further review… > > Jan-Bart > > > On 29 Sep 2012, at 21:09, Andrew Turvey > wrote: > > Hi Jan-Bart and others, > > I would hope we can wait until we hear

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Joint statement with the Foundation

2012-09-29 Thread Andrew Turvey
- Heinrich Heine > > > > ___ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > ___ > Wiki

[Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

2012-09-28 Thread Andrew Turvey
do another five year plan based on the last and extending out another year. This works fairly well and I'd recommend it as an approach. -- Andrew Turvey -- 07403 216 991 @AndrewTurvey <https://twitter.com/#!/AndrewTurvey> http://www.facebook.com/andrew.turvey http://en.wikipedia.o

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Joint statement with the Foundation

2012-09-28 Thread Andrew Turvey
gt; - d. > > ___ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > -- Andrew Turvey -- 07403 216 991 @AndrewTur

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of this list and its archives

2012-08-16 Thread Andrew Turvey
-- Forwarded message -- From: "Andrew Turvey" Date: 16 Aug 2012 13:56 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of this list and its archives To: "HJ Mitchell" Likewise I think this is a good decision. A truly public mailing list is a valuable thing in many wa

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK staff policies

2012-02-09 Thread Andrew Turvey
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:57 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On Feb 10, 2012 12:48 AM, "Andy Mabbett" > wrote: > > > > > > On Feb 9, 2012 4:14 PM, "Gordon Joly" wrote: > > > > > > On 09/02/2012 15:14, Richard Symonds wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> Hope this makes sense! > > > > > > I have been a volunt

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK staff policies

2012-02-07 Thread Andrew Turvey
://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_Policy Trustee Code of Conduct - http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trustee_Code_of_Conduct We would welcome any comments or suggestions through editing the policies directly or commenting on the talk pages. Thanks -- Andrew Turvey Treasurer, Wikimedia UK -- 07403 216

[Wikimediauk-l] Survey about WikiConference UK 2011

2011-04-22 Thread Andrew Turvey
For people who are on this list but didn't register via EventBrite. Apologies to anyone who gets this message twice. -- Forwarded message -- From: Wikimedia UK Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:24 AM Subject: Message to attendees of WikiConference UK 2011 To: andrewrtur...@googlemail.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-12 Thread Andrew Turvey
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Andrew West wrote: > > Totally agree.  I think it is reasonable that candidates should be > asked to reveal their wikimedia user names (I'm not sure it should be > made compulsory though), but demanding that they reveal all their > multifarious online identities un

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-10 Thread Andrew Turvey
I think it would probably sit better in the election rules - these have been "entrenched" so have the same status as the articles. I'm happy to assist anyone who wants to have this change debated at the agm. Andrew Turvey This message was sent from my mobile On 9 Apr 2011 13:23,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-08 Thread Andrew Turvey
Would you like to ask that question in the candidate Q&As? http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2011_election:_Candidate_questions#Questions On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 06/04/2011 12:36, Thomas Dalton wrote: >> On 6 April 2011 00:36, Andrew Turvey  

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-05 Thread Andrew Turvey
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Andrew West wrote: > > Not all candidates provided their wikimedia/wikipedia user name.  I > happen to know who Roger Bamkin is, and can guess who Ashley Van > Haeften is, but it would be very helpful if the wiki-identities of all > candidates were to be explicitly

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Annual Conference & AGM

2011-04-02 Thread Andrew Turvey
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Andrew Turvey wrote: > Hi all, > > As you know, we currently have three empty spaces on the board in > addition to the four people who are standing for re-election. I should clarify of course, I understand the four existing board members are go

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Annual Conference & AGM

2011-04-02 Thread Andrew Turvey
eting dates for next year at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings#2011-2012 (subject of course to the agreement of the next board) if you want a better picture of what is involved. Please get in touch with me or any other board member if you have any questions on this. Regards, Andrew Turvey Co

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Wikimedia UK Annual Conference & AGM

2011-03-24 Thread Andrew Turvey
a.org/wiki/Membership If you are a member but haven't received the message below please let me know as we may have an error in your records. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair & Company Secretary, Wikimedia UK -- Forwarded message -- From: Andrew Turvey Date: Thu, Mar 24, 2011

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Fundraising Report

2011-03-01 Thread Andrew Turvey
We have today published on the Wikimedia UK wiki our report on the 2010-11 fundraiser and I include a link below for your information. Please let me know if you would like any further information about this. Regards, -- Forwarded message -- From: Andrew Turvey Date: Tue, Mar 1

[Wikimediauk-l] Motions for AGM

2011-02-27 Thread Andrew Turvey
an to help. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair, Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL, United Ki

[Wikimediauk-l] AGM tellers - can you help?

2011-02-27 Thread Andrew Turvey
with this please could you email me by next Sunday 6th March with details of any previous similar experience. Many thanks, Andrew Turvey Chair, Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered N

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] job descriptions

2011-02-27 Thread Andrew Turvey
relative inefficiencies of > WMUK. Even this isn't totally obvious at the moment, particularly as unclear > whether the things WMUK is spending money on are more useful to the average > user of Wikimedia projects than what the WMF project is spending money on. > > I hope to hear s

[Wikimediauk-l] job descriptions

2011-02-27 Thread Andrew Turvey
In advance of the board meeting next Tuesday, I've started drafting up some job descriptions on the wiki at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Job_Descriptions for the new members of staff that we are recruiting. Please add your contributions on the main and talk page to develop this. Many thanks, And

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Could you lead Wikimedia UK to success?

2011-02-07 Thread Andrew Turvey
eak to another one of the existing board members. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair, Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, No

[Wikimediauk-l] Could you lead Wikimedia UK to success?

2011-01-20 Thread Andrew Turvey
our place. You can also give me a ring on 07403 216 991 if you would like to discuss further. Look forward to hearing from you! Andrew Turvey Chair, Wikimedia UK ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mail

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal to Strike off

2011-01-20 Thread Andrew Turvey
n Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Andrew Turvey wrote: > Dear All, > > As I promised before, here is a further update on our progress with > our accounts. As I mentioned in my emails below, we were originally > given a date of 17th December for receiving draft accounts from our >

[Wikimediauk-l] Ockham Blue Plaque

2011-01-10 Thread Andrew Turvey
Just noticed this posting on the Wikipedia @ 10 website. Is anyone interested in taking this forward? A Wikipedia drinks reception sounds like a great way to involve a new group of people in the things we do, although 10th April is a little close to the Annual Conference & AGM on 16th. http://ten.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal to Strike off

2011-01-03 Thread Andrew Turvey
putting in additional processes to ensure that nothing like this happens again. Thank you for bearing with us over this and please let me know if you have any queries on this situation. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair, Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal to Strike off

2010-12-05 Thread Andrew Turvey
u for your continued understanding with this and our apologies once more for any concern caused. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair, Wikimedia UK On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Andrew Turvey wrote: > Dear All, > > Just to follow up from Mike's previous email. I spoke to our > a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal to Strike off

2010-11-29 Thread Andrew Turvey
completion. However, we fully understand that this looks alarming and creates a bad impression. I apologise for any concern this has caused to any of our donors, members or supporters. I'll make sure I keep this list informed so you can monitor our progress with this matter. Regards, Andr

[Wikimediauk-l] Person of the year

2010-10-31 Thread Andrew Turvey
Are there any open source people we can promote as a person of the year? -- Forwarded message -- From: "steve virgin" Date: 28 Oct 2010 19:32 Subject: Just a thought To: "Andrew Turvey" http://blogs.forbes.com/michaelnoer/2010/10/26/help-us-crowd-source-f

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK in 2013

2010-09-23 Thread Andrew Turvey
th you. By their nature they are abbreviated. Please let us know any comments or input you have to these, or if you have any queries about what this would mean for the chapter. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair Wikimedia UK - Forwarded Message - Wikimedia UK Book Sprint: where do we

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Part time office manager

2010-08-31 Thread Andrew Turvey
have also written a blog post at http://tinyurl.com/27dvojm - please share this with any friends and contacts who may be interested. Regards, - "Andrew Turvey" wrote: > From: "Andrew Turvey" > To: "WMUK-L" > Sent: Wednesday, 11 August, 2010 0

[Wikimediauk-l] Part time office manager

2010-08-11 Thread Andrew Turvey
for applications is 31 August. To apply please send a CV and covering letter detailing your skills and experience in this area. Please feel free to forward this on to anyone you know who may be interested. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of

[Wikimediauk-l] New board of trustees

2010-04-25 Thread Andrew Turvey
into the position of Secretary and Tom Dalton became Treasurer. Regards, Andrew Turvey ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

[Wikimediauk-l] Help elect a new board of trustees for Wikimedia UK

2010-04-17 Thread Andrew Turvey
imes over compared to being run by volunteers. It frees up volunteer time and means we can do more. With my knowledge and understanding of our communites and an increasing understanding of the sectors we will work closely with I feel that being part of the new board will be a huge positive to our

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Wikimedia UK - help us build our future

2010-04-03 Thread Andrew Turvey
As promised the AGM notice that was recently sent to all Wikimedia UK members. Please feel free to forward the details to anyone who know who may be interested in attending. Regards, - "Andrew Turvey" wrote: > From: "Andrew Turvey" > To: "Wikimedia UK t

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Could you be a trustee of Wikimedia UK?

2010-04-03 Thread Andrew Turvey
- you can join online at the following address: http://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/index.php?option=com_civicrm&view=Contributions&Itemid=57 If you are aware of anyone else who may be interested please feel free to forward on. I'll also forward the AGM notice. - "Andrew Turvey

[Wikimediauk-l] AGM motions

2010-03-09 Thread Andrew Turvey
t out with the notice of the meeting. If you have any queries or would like any advice on this you are welcome to contact me or the other members of the board. Regards, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Li

[Wikimediauk-l] Talk in Bristol

2010-02-23 Thread Andrew Turvey
Steve Virgin, one of the Wikimedia UK board members, recently gave a talk at a Bristol Social Media forum about various things happening with Wikimedia projects in Britain. The talk was positively covered in a blog from a participant: http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/02/18/discussion-group-sho

[Wikimediauk-l] AGM voting tellers

2010-02-21 Thread Andrew Turvey
email me, with details any relevant prior experience. Many thanks in advance, [1] http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009_AGM#Notices -- Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in

[Wikimediauk-l] Geograph images

2010-01-30 Thread Andrew Turvey
Could anyone help us draft a blog post about this? I've started a page at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_releases/Geograph_images - Forwarded Message - From: "Michael Peel" To: "bo...@wikimedia.org.uk WMUK Board" Sent: Saturday, 30 January, 2010 11:58:22 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain

[Wikimediauk-l] Budget for next year

2010-01-25 Thread Andrew Turvey
g else you think should be added to the list? If you've managed to read this far then I'm impressed and thank you! All comments are gratefully received whether on our general approach or on specifics. We look forward to hearing your ideas! Regards, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Board member vacancy

2010-01-18 Thread Andrew Turvey
ia UK "v2" from the start. Tom, like the rest of the Board, will serve until the AGM in April when a new election will be held. Regards, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee regist

[Wikimediauk-l] Next board meeting: 19th January

2010-01-12 Thread Andrew Turvey
Hi all, Unfortunately the board meeting this evening has had to be cancelled due to lack of quorum. The meeting will be deferred until next Tuesday, 19th January 8:30 - 10:30. As before, The meeting will primarily be via Skype, but we'll also be in #wikimedia-uk on IRC and everyone is more t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Andrew Turvey
Well worth doing and well written - many thanks for this. We're getting together quite a list of press contacts and it's the kind of story in a news-light time of the year that could fly well. When should it be put out? Given that 1 Jan falls on a Friday and the previous Monday is a bank holid

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK "Open" decisions

2009-12-20 Thread Andrew Turvey
"Brian McNeil" wrote: > From: "Brian McNeil" > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Sent: Monday, 21 December, 2009 00:22:23 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, > Portugal > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK "Open" decisions > > This is the one that bugs me. It is technically

[Wikimediauk-l] Computer quote

2009-12-16 Thread Andrew Turvey
Recommendation for an NEC projector below (thanks David). I can't find an NP 300, but we could get a lower spec NP115 for £275: http://www.projectorshop24.co.uk/nec-projector/nec-projector_nec-np115.html - Forwarded Message - From: "David Gerard" To: "WMUK" Sent: Wednesday, 16 De

[Wikimediauk-l] Computer quote

2009-12-14 Thread Andrew Turvey
As discussed at last week's board meeting, the chapter has been given a £500 grant to fund the purchase of a computer to help with outreach work. As per previous discussions, it would be useful to have a projector at the same time so that we can do presentation on the go. I've had a look on th

[Wikimediauk-l] Favourable publicity on academic portal

2009-12-03 Thread Andrew Turvey
List members may be interested to hear about this blog post on Wikipedia that was forwarded to me. Regards, - Forwarded Message - From: "Martin Poulter" To: secret...@wikimedia.org.uk Sent: Thursday, 3 December, 2009 13:33:40 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Fav

[Wikimediauk-l] First Wikmedia Seminar

2009-12-03 Thread Andrew Turvey
edia-commons/ [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Presentations/en [3] http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Speakers Regards, -- Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England an

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Wikipedia ordered by judge to break confidentiality of contributor"

2009-12-03 Thread Andrew Turvey
- "Sam Blacketer" wrote: > Without any knowledge of who is involved and which article is involved I > would hope the edits were oversighted They were . > since the court clearly considered the issue was substantial enough to grant > the Norwich Pharmacal order itself. Presumably the

[Wikimediauk-l] URGENT: Conference this Thursday in West Midlands

2009-11-22 Thread Andrew Turvey
We've been invited to a conference in Birmingham this Thursday and are urgently seeking anyone who may be able to go along and is able to speak on Wikimedia's perspective. The conference is called "Digital Treasures" and is being organised by the museum sector. It's a very important event for

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Notes from the C&binet Forum

2009-10-27 Thread Andrew Turvey
dia.org > Sent: Tuesday, 27 October, 2009 17:56:31 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, > Portugal > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Notes from the C&binet Forum > > On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 17:10 +, Andrew Turvey wrote: > - SIon Simon, > another politician present, mentioned t

[Wikimediauk-l] Notes from the C&binet Forum

2009-10-27 Thread Andrew Turvey
quot; - "copyright switches should be turned to "on" by default rather than "off"" - "working on a new digital license to allow museums to publish in-copyright articles" - "free to air TV can survive, but only if it reduces its costs base" (cre

[Wikimediauk-l] C&binet Forum

2009-10-19 Thread Andrew Turvey
We've been invited to go along to a conference next week organized by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on "creative industries". Although we made it clear to them that we are not-for-profit and a lot of the programme is not particularly relevant, they were very keen to get us to go al

[Wikimediauk-l] What should we spend our money on?

2009-10-19 Thread Andrew Turvey
The 2009 Annual Wikimedia Fundraiser is just round the corner and we need to crystallize the list of items that we will use our income for so that we can encourage people to donate. I've done a first draft at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2009_Winter_Fundraiser#Use_of_funds - please could you t

[Wikimediauk-l] Story with a good mention on us

2009-10-09 Thread Andrew Turvey
- Forwarded Message - From: "Steve Virgin" http://wp.me/pyKdL-3p Wikipedia is branded as another 'bad guy' alongside Facebook, Google and others in the battle for control of paid for content - article in today's Associated Press - I got it from ejc.net (European Journalist's Centre

[Wikimediauk-l] Multimedia Usability Project Meeting in France - Call for participation

2009-10-05 Thread Andrew Turvey
anyone on this list interested in attending? If so, please could you email me offlist with brief details of your technical experience on Wikimedia. Many thanks -- Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by

[Wikimediauk-l] Microgrants & strategy workshop

2009-10-02 Thread Andrew Turvey
Wikimedia Poland has just published their latest chapter report which contains two interesting ideas: a) A "Wikicontest"micro grants scheme b) A workshop for "strategy planning" Could/should we do something similar for WMUK? Andrew - Forwarded Message - From: "Tomasz Ganicz" T

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM dates

2009-09-25 Thread Andrew Turvey
- "Al Tally" wrote: > also, where is it going to be? That's the biggest factor for me. I think the idea was London - Seddon could you confirm? Andrew ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/l

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK government on defamation on the internet

2009-09-20 Thread Andrew Turvey
- "WereSpielChequers" wrote: > > I'm more concerned about what happens when something is posted to our > site that is unfair, inaccurate and full of malice. Presumably > Wikimedia in the US is the publisher I understand that the Foundation claim that they are not the publisher of Wikipe

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ease of becoming a member

2009-09-20 Thread Andrew Turvey
Thanks for raising this - good question. My understanding is that a large proportion of members in Wikimedia Germany, for instance, are sleeping members who pay their dues and do nothing else. I don't think is particularly problematic - you will always end up with some variation of the 80:20 r

[Wikimediauk-l] Board meeting

2009-09-20 Thread Andrew Turvey
nally or on the wiki. regards, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9

[Wikimediauk-l] Online libel law consultation launched by the government

2009-09-17 Thread Andrew Turvey
"Online libel law consultation launched by the government" http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.28413 Sound interesting - any idea how it will affect Wikipedia? Andrew ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Merchandising

2009-09-14 Thread Andrew Turvey
Re-reading my original email and the reaction to it I should clarify: - "Andrew Turvey" wrote: > The plan is to sell them at cost price to members only. "Cost price" isn't a restriction from the Foundation - their main restriction is that it must be either s

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Merchandising

2009-09-14 Thread Andrew Turvey
On Sep 14, 11:37 am, WereSpielChequers wrote: > ... but with a market of > 30 you can expect the price per item to be exorbitant.   > WereSpielChequers Vistaprint, for instance, can do a single custom made double sided T shift for less than a tenner - of course the price comes down the more you o

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Merchandising

2009-09-14 Thread Andrew Turvey
/09, Andrew Turvey wrote: > > >Hopefully it will be the kind of perk that will attract people who > >are already active in the projects to become members. As to selling > >at above cost, the Foundation wasn't too keen on that - worried that > >we would develop into

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Merchandising

2009-09-14 Thread Andrew Turvey
s shape. Andrew On Sep 13, 11:04 pm, Andrew Turvey wrote: > We've received approval from the Wikimedia Foundation to produce > merchandising with Wikimedia trademarks and copyrighted logos on it for sale > to our members - anything from mugs and mouse-mats to cufflinks and ties. T

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Merchandising

2009-09-13 Thread Andrew Turvey
mediauk-l] Merchandising > > 2009/9/13 Andrew Turvey : > > We've received approval from the Wikimedia Foundation to produce > > merchandising with Wikimedia trademarks and copyrighted logos on it for > > sale to our members - anything from mugs and mouse-mats to cuffl

[Wikimediauk-l] Merchandising

2009-09-13 Thread Andrew Turvey
We've received approval from the Wikimedia Foundation to produce merchandising with Wikimedia trademarks and copyrighted logos on it for sale to our members - anything from mugs and mouse-mats to cufflinks and ties. The plan is to sell them at cost price to members only. Quick question - what

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia Loves Art winner in London

2009-09-04 Thread Andrew Turvey
One of the winners of the Wikipedia Loves Art project that we ran in February is in London later this month (she lives in France) - would anyone be interested in meeting up? Please let me know. Andrew === Forwarded message: Andrew, I just booked a Eurostar ticket for Sept. 23rd. (

[Wikimediauk-l] Last board meeting

2009-09-04 Thread Andrew Turvey
, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL, United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitisation equipment

2009-08-26 Thread Andrew Turvey
- "Thomas Dalton" wrote: > > 2009/8/26 Andrew Turvey : > > We had a discussion at a recent Wikimedia UK board meeting about > > potentially > > buying some digitisation equipment which could be used to generate content > > for the Wikimedia proje

[Wikimediauk-l] Digitisation equipment

2009-08-26 Thread Andrew Turvey
We had a discussion at a recent Wikimedia UK board meeting about potentially buying some digitisation equipment which could be used to generate content for the Wikimedia projects. This recent email to the EN-WP list sparked my interest. Does anyone have any experience with equipment like this

[Wikimediauk-l] Interview on Dublin Radio 4, ~1:30

2009-08-26 Thread Andrew Turvey
ll, it's last week's) Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottin

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Daily Mail on Flagged Revisions

2009-08-26 Thread Andrew Turvey
ither of these mailing lists is a copyright violation. Brian. - Forwarded Message - > From: " Andrew Turvey " > To: "English Wikipedia" < wikie...@lists.wikimedia.org > > Sent: Wednesday, 26 August, 2009 13:20:00 GMT + 00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland , &g

[Wikimediauk-l] Daily Mail on Flagged Revisions

2009-08-26 Thread Andrew Turvey
- Forwarded Message - From: "Andrew Turvey" To: "English Wikipedia" Sent: Wednesday, 26 August, 2009 13:20:00 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Daily Mail (England) on Flagged Revisions Local english tabloid puts it's slant on the news

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Y! Alert: Wikimedia UK Blog

2009-08-25 Thread Andrew Turvey
Now that we've got this new blog, it would be useful if we could get the various media integrated so that the message is getting through all the different channels. I've been looking at ways to get blog posts automatically fed into the email list. I've come across Yahoo Alerts, which runs off

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Flagged Protection in the UK press

2009-08-25 Thread Andrew Turvey
- "Michael Peel" wrote: > > and Andrew Turvey should be talking on "Tom McGurk’s Irish radio > show" as I type this (6.45pm BST). They didn't get the email in time unfortunately, so will be doing it tomorrow instead. Andrew ___

[Wikimediauk-l] Board meeting on initiatives

2009-08-23 Thread Andrew Turvey
edia UK blog [2] and twitter account. As always corrections, questions or comments are always welcome either in reply here or on the wiki. Regards, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guara

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Reminder: Next WMUK board meeting this evening (Tuesday 18 August), 8.30pm BST

2009-08-19 Thread Andrew Turvey
- "Thomas Dalton" wrote: > From: "Thomas Dalton" > > 2009/8/19 Bod Notbod : > > > ... do you think you > > might ever be able to use someone to transcribe audio files? > > ... I wouldn't mind having a transcription of our AGMs (at least the > important parts of them). I second this

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia Loves Art - prizes

2009-08-14 Thread Andrew Turvey
"Kwan Ting Chan" wrote: > From: "Kwan Ting Chan" > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Sent: Saturday, 15 August, 2009 02:29:51 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, > Portugal > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia Loves Art - prizes > > An

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